USS Pennsylvania BB-38
Dec. 7, 1941- Survived attack on Pearl Harbor while in dry dock.
1942-43- Training Overhauling
1943-44- Fire Support in Aleutians, Makin Atoll, Kwajalein, Eniwetok, Marianas.
July 1944- During Guam campaign fired more ammunition than any other warship in history during a single campaign.
Sept. 1944- Palau Bombardment and Fire Support Group
Oct. 1944- Surigao Strait, Leyte Gulf
1945- Lingayen Gulf Bombardment and Fire Support Group, Wake Island bombardment
Aug. 12, 1945- hit by aerial torpedo in Buckner Bay
July 1946- Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests target ship, Bikini atoll
1946-48- Kwajalein Lagoon, radiological and structural studies, sunk Feb. 10, 1948
In five years of World War II service, USS Pennsylvania travelled 146,052 miles (235,048 km) and fired 6,854 14 in (360 mm) rounds at the enemy, with 31,678 shells from her 5 in (130 mm) guns and 97,327 rounds from her antiaircraft battery.
USS Pennsylvania during visit to Australia in 1925
Details of 1942-43 Overhaul